Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,313 
3,978 
$1,000 to $4,999 
10,740 
9,854 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,123 
6,382 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,854 
8,704 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,927 
5,072 
$50,000 or more 
8,842 
6,745 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
52,372 
47,978 
Average net loss 
dollars 
17,968 
15,631 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,946 
4,620 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16,177 
15,184 
$5,000 to $9,999 
11,390 
10,593 
$10,000 to $24,999 
12,064 
11,025 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,454 
3,972 
$50,000 or more 
3,341 
2,584 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
444 
332 
$1,000 
81,051 
40,370 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
39,119 
33,778 
$1,000 
790,362 
579,218 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,527 
4,723 
$1,000 
64,552 
46,272 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
14,395 
12,152 
$1,000 
170,350 
124,573 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,862 
2,541 
$1,000 
23,972 
15,479 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
844 
639 
$1,000 
10,553 
3,514 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
16,569 
14,441 
$1,000 
17,022 
12,180 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
7,921 
6,611 
$1,000 
466,764 
349,024 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,878 
1,594 
$1,000 
10,535 
8,673 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,245 
2,768 
$1,000 
26,548 
19,454 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
76,746 
67,793 
acres 
15,259,319 
11,358,655 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
64,722 
57,548 
acres 
12,917,688 
9,477,711 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
31,035 
28,784 
50 to 99 acres 
12,297 
11,128 
100 to 199 acres 
8,719 
7,696 
200 to 499 acres 
6,499 
5,506 
500 to 999 acres 
3,119 
2,429 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
2,031 
1,427 
2,000 acres or more 
1,022 
578 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
6,973 
6,177 
acres 
567,132 
464,141 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
4,484 
3,910 
acres 
227,680 
185,908 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
19,457 
16,452 
acres 
1,465,513 
1,168,856 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,411 
1,208 
acres 
81,306 
62,039 
Total woodland 
farms 
57,038 
51,018 
acres 
4,551,644 
3,717,609 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
29,793 
27,115 
acres 
1,741,089 
1,503,437 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
36,642 
32,252 
acres 
2,810,555 
2,214,172 
Partnership 
164 
453 
421 
590 
419 
1,012 
2,362 
37,803 
165 
560 
426 
576 
265 
370 
80 
32,847 
2,670 
88,083 
431 
8,967 
972 
15,846 
171 
5,310 
79 
1,641 
1,104 
2,537 
659 
50,315 
160 
994 
240 
2,473 
4,659 
2,098,162 
3,844 
1,871,358 
1,141 
673 
597 
566 
323 
290 
254 
460 
60,774 
312 
23,035 
1,373 
131,954 
116 
11,041 
3,147 
379,482 
1,570 
139,584 
2,168 
239,898 
Registered 
under 
state law 
90 
254 
224 
350 
269 
725 
1,455 
48,774 
95 
296 
238 
376 
163 
287 
68 
31,830 
1,678 
67,693 
260 
6,890 
600 
11,804 
107 
4,793 
57 
1,416 
725 
2,022 
434 
37,878 
106 
628 
164 
2,263 
2,910 
1,642,452 
2,393 
1,482,736 
662 
406 
305 
355 
211 
237 
217 
284 
40,275 
198 
16,108 
856 
95,112 
74 
8,221 
1,943 
263,959 
935 
93,735 
1,376 
170,224 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
144 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
